Apparatus and method for detecting functions of video card
AssigneesHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Wuhan) Co., Ltd.
InventorCHUN-SHENG CHEN
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Abstract
A video card detection device electrically connects to a motherboard of a computing device to detect functions of an integrated video card and an independent video card of the motherboard. The independent video card is configured to electrically connect to a first display, and the integrated video card is configured to electrically connect to a second display. Functions of the independent video card are detected first. When the functions of the independent video card have been detected, functions of the independent video card are disabled. Then, the computing device is restarted to detect functions of the integrated video card.
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A video card detection device connected to a motherboard of a computing device, the motherboard comprising an independent video card configured to connect to a first display and an integrated video card configured to connect to a second display, the video card detection device comprising:
- a first detection module sending a first command to the computing device via the motherboard, the first command triggering the computing device to execute a predetermined video card detection program to detect functions of the independent video card;
- a determination module determining whether the integrated video card is electrically connected to the second display when the functions of the independent video card have been detected;
- a disable module disabling functions of the independent video card when the integrated video card is electrically connected to the second display;
- a restarting module restarting the computing device;
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- a second detection module sending a second command to the computing device via the motherboard when the computing device has been restarted, the second command triggering the computing device to execute the predetermined video card detection program to detect functions of the integrated video card.
A method for detecting function of video cards of a computing device using a video card detection device, the video card detection device connected to a motherboard of the computing device, the motherboard comprising an independent video card configured to connect to a first display and an integrated video card configured to connect to a second display, the method comprising:
- sending a first command to the computing device via the motherboard, the first command triggering the computing device to execute a predetermined video card detection program to detect functions of the independent video card;
- determining whether the integrated video card is electrically connected to the second display when the functions of the independent video card have been detected;
- disabling functions of the independent video card when the integrated video card is electrically connected to the second display;
- restarting the computing device;
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- sending a second command to the computing device via the motherboard when the computing device has been restarted, the second command triggering the computing device to execute the predetermined video card detection program to detect functions of the integrated video card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.